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VOL. 134
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
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Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
The B2H transmission line had locals up in arms this year. Find more memories from 2015 on
PAGE SIX -Contributed photo
Dreaming of a white...new year
While much of South Morrow County celebrated a green Christmas this year, snow flurries earlier this week turned the area into a temporary winter wonderland just in time to celebrate
the new year. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
G-T Trophy Corner Oregon vital records fees increasing in
January
New cost to cover existing services required by law
Fees for Oregon vital
records, including birth,
death and marriage certifi-
cates, will increase by $5 in
January to cover increasing
administrative costs, the
Oregon Health Authority’s
Center for Health Statistics
is announcing.
The basic fee for a cer-
tificate will be $25 starting
Jan. 1, 2016, according to
the Center for Health Statis-
tics, also known as Oregon
Vital Records and based
at the OHA Public Health
Division. Fees for other
services also will increase.
A complete list of fees can
be found on the Vital Re-
cords website at http://1.
usa.gov/1kCMRfo. An-
swers to frequently asked
questions about the increase
also are available at http://1.
usa.gov/1NNoBh9.
Public officials say the
fee increases are necessary
to cover costs for support-
ing the state’s vital records
system that have gone up
over time as revenue from
fees has gone down. The
increase will help maintain
Vital Records’ current ser-
vice level, as required by
law. The last vital records
fee increase was in 2003.
Vital records are the
legal registration of a vital
event. A vital event is a
birth, marriage, domes-
tic partnership, divorce or
death. Every vital event that
occurs in Oregon must be
recorded and permanently
stored with Oregon Vital
Records. Certified copies
of the record are printed on
special paper and are known
as certificates—birth certifi-
cates, death certificates or
marriage certificates.
Fees for vital records
support services provided
by state and county vital
records offices. These ser-
vices include:
-Registering and stor-
ing vital records. Each vital
event in Oregon is regis-
tered and stored with the
state vital records office.
The state vital records of-
fice must make sure each
vital record has complete
information to create a legal
record, and is numbered
and indexed so each one can
be easily found. Currently,
the state vital records office
has more than 6 million
vital records and adds about
128,000 each year. Many of
the vital records are now
registered and stored elec-
tronically.
-Screening and pro-
cessing orders for certifi-
cates. More than 170,000
orders for certificates are
completed by Oregon Vital
Records each year. County
vital records offices can
issue death and birth certifi-
cates for the first six months
after the event. Vital records
are confidential and access
is limited to specific people
for 100 years for birth re-
cords and 50 years for the
other records.
-Analyzing data from
vital records. Some of the
most important facts about
the health of Oregonians
come from vital records.
Death rates, life expectancy
measures and information
on leading causes of death
come from death certifi-
cates.
For more information,
go to the Vital Records
website at http://1.usa.
gov/1NNoBh9 or call 971-
673-1190.
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New Year’s Day. Normal
business hours will resume
Andrew Zellars, 12, of Boardman had a successful first year Monday, Jan. 4.
We wish everyone a
hunting big game. Pictured are his takes this season: a doe and
safe
and happy New Year.
an elk, both harvested in Morrow County. –Contributed photo
WE HAVE BIBS,
BOOTS, HELMETS
AND GOGGLES
NEW!
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
For farm equipment, visit our web site at www.mcgg.net